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Jessica Heygate
Jul 27, 2022

YouTube’s ad deceleration gathers pace

Alphabet CEO outlines ‘sharpened focus’ on AI and cloud as its video streaming platform posts just 5% ad revenue growth — a monumental decline from its 84% growth rate one year ago.

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the company's annual I/O developer conference in May.

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